Sewell C Biggs Museum of American Art - Dover Art Museum

  • Address: 406 Federal Street, P.O. Box 711, Dover, Delaware, 19903
  • Phone: +1 302 674 2111
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  • Website:www.biggsmuseum.org
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2.5
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1.0
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3.0
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Sewell C Biggs Museum of American Art
406 Federal Street
P.O. Box 711, Dover, Delaware, 19903

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  • The Biggs Museum of American Art houses a personal collection that ... more on Museum Stuff
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4.0
A lovely little gem

I just returned from a visit to the Biggs Museum of Art here in Dover. It is a very small museum, just two floors (14 galleries in total). The museum has constantly changing exhibits by local artists. What was most interesting about this museum was the fact that most all of the paintings, furniture, silver, and temporary exhibits feature collections that are somehow related to the ... MiouMiou, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on tripadvisor

3.0
John N. 's review

This museum has a good bit of oil paintings of Native Americans and nautical themed ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

Directions

From Wilmington to Dover: Take I-95 South to Rt. 1 (Christiana Mall Exit) Follow Rt. 1 South towards Dover Rt 1 and Rt. 13 split just north of Smyrna. Stay on Rt. 1 south towards Dover (when you exit Rt. 1 the toll is $.50) Take exit 104-North Dover After

Hours

Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday 1:30 p.m. to 4:30p.m. Open Most State Holidays. Closed Monday & Tuesday.

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: free
  • Collections: The paintings span two hundred years and survey major periods in American art, from colonial portraiture to twentieth-century Impressionism. The furniture and silver represent some of the best Delaware and Philadelphia craftsmen in the colonial and federa

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  • www.biggsmuseum.org

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